Usage of the character 拉

(military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc)
(sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas

lāliàn

拉链

[拉鏈]

zipper

lāchā

拉碴

[拉碴]

(of beard etc) stubbly
scraggly
unkempt

Lāsà

拉萨

[拉薩]

Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區／西藏自治区 ( Xīzàng Zìzhìqū)

lābǐ

拉比

[拉比]

rabbi (loanword)

gálā

噶拉

[噶拉]

(onom.)
same as 噶喇 (gálǎ)

Lā Měi

拉美

[拉美]

Latin America
abbr. for 拉丁美洲

lādīng

拉丁

[拉丁]

Latin
(in former times) to press-gang
to kidnap and force people into service

bāla

扒拉

[扒拉]

(coll.) to push lightly
to flick to one side
to get rid of

Zuǒlā

左拉

[左拉]

Zola (name)
Émile Zola (1840-1902), French naturalist novelist

Hèlā

赫拉

[赫拉]

Hera (wife of Zeus)

lāpí

拉皮

[拉皮]

to have a facelift
facelift

lāgua

拉呱

[拉呱]

(dialect) to chat
to gossip

sèlā

色拉

[色拉]

salad (loanword)

lāqǔ

拉取

[拉取]

(computing) client pull

Gélā

格拉

[格拉]

Gera (city in Germany)

lāhēi

拉黑

[拉黑]

to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc)
abbr. for 拉到黑名單／拉到黑名单

lāshou

拉手

[拉手]

a handle
to pull on a handle

kèlā

克拉

[克拉]

carat (mass) (loanword)

lāhuán

拉环

[拉環]

pull tab (on a drink can)
strap handle (on a bus or train)
ring-shaped door handle

lǐlā

里拉

[里拉]

lira (monetary unit) (loanword)

Lādēng

拉登

[拉登]

(Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda

Wéilā

维拉

[維拉]

Vala (Middle-earth)

lādòng

拉动

[拉動]

to pull
(fig.) to stimulate (economic activity)
to motivate (people to do sth)

lācháng

拉长

[拉長]

to lengthen
to pull sth out longer

Kǎlā

卡拉

[卡拉]

Kara, city in northern Togo 多哥 ( Duōgē)
Cara, Karla etc (name)

Bèilā

贝拉

[貝拉]

Beira, Mozambique

Mǎlā

马拉

[馬拉]

Marat (name)
Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician

Sālā

撒拉

[撒拉]

Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province

lāpíng

拉平

[拉平]

to bring to the same level
to even up
to flare out
to flatten out

kǎolā

考拉

[考拉]

koala (loanword)

lāshēn

拉伸

[拉伸]

to draw
to stretch

Lāzī

拉孜

[拉孜]

Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

yìnglā

硬拉

[硬拉]

deadlift

lāhuó

拉活

[拉活]

(northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver)
to pick up a piece of work (as a courier)

pála

扒拉

[扒拉]

(coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly)

lāxī

拉稀

[拉稀]

(coll.) to have diarrhea
to shrink back
to cower

hālā

哈拉

[哈拉]

to chat idly (Tw)

bālā

芭拉

[芭拉]

guava (loanword from Taiwanese)

Lālā

拉拉

[拉拉]

Lala, Philippines

dāla

搭拉

[搭拉]

variant of 耷拉 (dālā)

Shālā

莎拉

[莎拉]

Sara or Sarah (name)

dāla

耷拉

[耷拉]

to droop; to hang down; to dangle

Oūlā

欧拉

[歐拉]

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician

tāla

趿拉

[趿拉]

to wear (one's shoes) like babouche slippers
(onom.) shuffling sound

Xīlā

西拉

[西拉]

Syrah (grape type)

lāshāng

拉伤

[拉傷]

to pull
to injure by straining

lāche

拉扯

[拉扯]

to drag
to pull
to raise a child (through difficulties)
to help
to support
to drag in
to chat

lāzá

拉杂

[拉雜]

disorganized
rambling
incoherent

lājī

拉圾

[拉圾]

variant of 垃圾
trash
refuse
garbage
Taiwan pr. (lèsè)

lājià

拉架

[拉架]

to try to stop a fight
to intervene in a fight

lāguǎn

拉管

[拉管]

trombone

lālǐ

拉里

[拉里]

lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)

lāsuǒ

拉锁

[拉鎖]

zipper

fèilā

费拉

[費拉]

fellah (loanword)

lāfēng

拉风

[拉風]

trendy; eye-catching; flashy

kǎlā O K

卡拉OK

[卡拉OK]

karaoke (loanword)

Lāgài'ěr

拉盖尔

[拉蓋爾]

Laguerre (name)
Edmond Laguerre (1834-1886), French mathematician

Wūlā'ěr

乌拉尔

[烏拉爾]

the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia

Bǐlāduō

彼拉多

[彼拉多]

Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story)

Tǎnbólā

坦博拉

[坦博拉]

Tambora, volcano on Indonesian island of Sumbawa 松巴哇, whose 1815 eruption is greatest in recorded history

Lāmǎdān

拉马丹

[拉馬丹]

Ramadan (loanword)

Nǎiduīlā

乃堆拉

[乃堆拉]

Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)

tuōlājī

拖拉机

[拖拉機]

tractor
CL:臺／台 (tái)

Bùhālā

布哈拉

[布哈拉]

Bokhara or Bukhara city in Uzbekistan

chákèlā

查克拉

[查克拉]

chakra (loanword)

Lāfūbǎo

拉夫堡

[拉夫堡]

Loughborough, English city

lāxiàliǎn

拉下脸

[拉下臉]

to look displeased
to not be afraid of hurting sb's feelings
to put aside one's pride

Xīlāruǐ

希拉蕊

[希拉蕊]

Taiwan equivalent of 希拉里 ( Xīlālǐ)

Bèilāmǐ

贝拉米

[貝拉米]

Bellamy

Lāwǎ'ěr

拉瓦尔

[拉瓦爾]

Laval (name)

Pānduǒlā

潘朵拉

[潘朵拉]

Pandora

Lāgébǐ

拉格比

[拉格比]

Rugby (game)
Rugby school in England

Lādákè

拉达克

[拉達克]

Ladakh, the eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir in northwest India, adjacent to Kashmir and Tibet, know as "Little Tibet"

Pǔlātí

普拉提

[普拉提]

Pilates (physical fitness system)

Lāfǎgé

拉法格

[拉法格]

Lafargue (name)
Paul Lafargue (1842-1911), French socialist and revolutionary activist, son-in-law of Karl Marx

lādàbiàn

拉大便

[拉大便]

to poop
to defecate

mǎlāgāo

马拉糕

[馬拉糕]

Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake

Yīlākè

伊拉克

[伊拉克]

Iraq

hùbulǎ

虎不拉

[虎不拉]

(dialect) shrike
Taiwan pr. (hǔbulā)

tuōlā'ěr

托拉尔

[托拉爾]

(loanword) tolar, currency of Slovenia 1991-2007
tolar, silver coin that served as the main currency of Bohemia 1520-1750

Tǎlāwǎ

塔拉瓦

[塔拉瓦]

Tarawa, capital of Kiribati

Fǎlāshèng

法拉盛

[法拉盛]

Flushing Chinatown, a predominantly Chinese and Korean neighborhood of Queens, New York City

gǔlāgé

古拉格

[古拉格]

gulag (loanword)

Bālākè

巴拉克

[巴拉克]

Barack, Barak, Ballack (name)

Bālāguī

巴拉圭

[巴拉圭]

Paraguay

lājùzhàn

拉锯战

[拉鋸戰]

to-and-fro tussle
closely-fought contest

Dálātè

达拉特

[達拉特]

Dalad banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯／鄂尔多斯 ( Eěrduōsī), Inner Mongolia

Lā'ěrfū

拉尔夫

[拉爾夫]

Ralph (name)

Alāwǎ

阿拉瓦

[阿拉瓦]

Araba or Álava

Dílākè

狄拉克

[狄拉克]

P.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist

Kǎifūlā

凯夫拉

[凱夫拉]

Kevlar

Bùlāgé

布拉格

[布拉格]

Prague, capital of Czech Republic

lāshāntóu

拉山头

[拉山頭]

to start a clique
to form a faction

Nièlāmù

聂拉木

[聶拉木]

Nyalam county, Tibetan: Gnya' lam rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

shǒulāchē

手拉车

[手拉車]

cart

yìlāguàn

易拉罐

[易拉罐]

pull-top can
easy-open can (with ring-pull)

lāliàndài

拉链袋

[拉鏈袋]

resealable bag; ziplock bag
bag with a zipper

Yà Fēi Lā

亚非拉

[亞非拉]

Asia, Africa and Latin America

Emólā

蛾摩拉

[蛾摩拉]

Gomorrah

Lābāsī

拉巴斯

[拉巴斯]

La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia

Mǎlāwéi

马拉维

[馬拉維]

Malawi

Dálāsī

达拉斯

[達拉斯]

Dallas

Bólātú

柏拉图

[柏拉圖]

Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher

Kǎnpéilā

坎培拉

[坎培拉]

Canberra, capital of Australia (Tw)

Kǎnpàlā

坎帕拉

[坎帕拉]

Kampala, capital of Uganda

Lādíkè

拉狄克

[拉狄克]

Karl Berngardovich Radek (1885-1939), Bolshevik and Comintern leader, first president of Moscow Sun Yat-sen University, died in prison during Stalin's purges

kǎndélā

坎德拉

[坎德拉]

candela (unit of luminosity)
standard candle

Lāhé'ěr

拉合尔

[拉合爾]

Lahore (city in Pakistan)

kāimàilā

开麦拉

[開麥拉]

camera (loanword)

Jílādé

吉拉德

[吉拉德]

Gillard (name)

Fǎlādì

法拉第

[法拉第]

Faraday (name)
Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity

sèlājiàng

色拉酱

[色拉醬]

salad dressing

sèlāyóu

色拉油

[色拉油]

salad oil

bùlājī

不拉几

[不拉幾]

(dialect) extremely

Oūruòlā

欧若拉

[歐若拉]

Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn

Bālādí

巴拉迪

[巴拉迪]

Mohamed ElBaradei (1942-), Director of International Atomic Energy Agency 1997-2009 and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Tèsīlā

特斯拉

[特斯拉]

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Serbian inventor and engineer

Kānpéilā

堪培拉

[堪培拉]

Canberra, capital of Australia

Angēlā

安哥拉

[安哥拉]

Angola

lādàtiáo

拉大条

[拉大條]

to defecate (slang)

Lānàkǎ

拉纳卡

[拉納卡]

Larnaca (city in Cyprus)
Larnaka

Sīlāfū

斯拉夫

[斯拉夫]

Slavic

Lāfěitè

拉斐特

[拉斐特]

Lafayette

yìlābǎo

易拉宝

[易拉寶]

roll-up banner stand

Lāfǎhè

拉法赫

[拉法赫]

Rafah, city in Palestine

lādùzi

拉肚子

[拉肚子]

(coll.) to have diarrhea

gālāhà

嘎拉哈

[嘎拉哈]

(Manchu loanword) knucklebones
see 羊拐 (yángguǎi)

Sālāzú

撒拉族

[撒拉族]

Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province

lāchedà

拉扯大

[拉扯大]

(coll.) to bring up
to rear
to raise

lālāduì

拉拉队

[拉拉隊]

cheerleading squad
also written 啦啦隊／啦啦队

hūlāquān

呼拉圈

[呼拉圈]

hula hoop (loanword)

Anguīlā

安圭拉

[安圭拉]

Anguilla

bùlājí

布拉吉

[布拉吉]

woman's dress (loanword from Russian)
gown

Lāmòsī

拉莫斯

[拉莫斯]

(Philippine President Fidel) Ramos

Aībólā

埃博拉

[埃博拉]

Ebola (virus)

lālìqì

拉力器

[拉力器]

chest expander (exercise equipment)

Lāqīnggé

拉青格

[拉青格]

Ratzinger (German surname of Pope Benedict XVI)

kèlātōng

克拉通

[克拉通]

craton (loanword)

Xīlālǐ

希拉里

[希拉里]

Hillary (name)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician

Aīlātè

埃拉特

[埃拉特]

Eilat, Israeli port and resort on the Red sea

Mèngjiālā

孟加拉

[孟加拉]

Bengal
Bangladesh

Alā'ěr

阿拉尔

[阿拉爾]

Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang

Lābāo'ěr

拉包尔

[拉包爾]

Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea

bālājiān

峇拉煎

[峇拉煎]

(loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)

Gēsīlā

哥斯拉

[哥斯拉]

Godzilla

Kǎifúlā

凯芙拉

[凱芙拉]

Kevlar

Lāsālù

拉撒路

[拉撒路]

Lazarus (Protestant transliteration)

tuīlāmén

推拉门

[推拉門]

sliding door

lāgǎnxiāng

拉杆箱

[拉桿箱]

rolling suitcase

Běn Lādēng

本拉登

[本拉登]

(Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda

lāsīmó

拉丝模

[拉絲模]

die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)

Lāwénnà

拉文纳

[拉文納]

Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy

Bābālā

巴巴拉

[巴巴拉]

Barbara (name)

Lāsà Shì

拉萨市

[拉薩市]

Lhasa, Tibetan: Lha sa grong khyer, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區／西藏自治区 ( Xīzàng Zìzhìqū)

Atílā

阿提拉

[阿提拉]

Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God

Alābó

阿拉伯

[阿拉伯]

Arabian
Arabic
Arab

Hèlātè

赫拉特

[赫拉特]

Herat (city in Afghanistan)

Dìlānà

地拉那

[地拉那]

Tirana, capital of Albania

shǒulāshǒu

手拉手

[手拉手]

to join hands
hand in hand

Màndélā

曼德拉

[曼德拉]

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999

Pānduōlā

潘多拉

[潘多拉]

Pandora

Alādīng

阿拉丁

[阿拉丁]

Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights

lājiācháng

拉家常

[拉家常]

to talk or chat about ordinary daily life

Xùlāgǔ

叙拉古

[敘拉古]

Syracuse, Sicily
also written 錫拉庫薩／锡拉库萨 ( Xīlākùsà)

Lāfǎlán

拉法兰

[拉法蘭]

Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac

Kèwéilā

克维拉

[克維拉]

Kevlar

Jiālāhǎn

加拉罕

[加拉罕]

Leo Karakhan (1889-1937), Soviet ambassador to China 1921-26, executed in Stalin's 1937 purge

Jiélādé

杰拉德

[傑拉德]

Gerrard (name)

hǔlièlā

虎烈拉

[虎烈拉]

cholera (loanword)

dōngbùlā

冬不拉

[冬不拉]

Dombra or Tambura, Kazakh plucked lute

mǎlāzhǎn

马拉盏

[馬拉盞]

(loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)

Délāmén

德拉门

[德拉門]

Drammen (city in Buskerud, Norway)

Kěndélā

肯德拉

[肯德拉]

Kendra (name)

Dōulāsī

都拉斯

[都拉斯]

Durrës (city in Albania)

Mǎlādì

马拉地

[馬拉地]

Marathi language of west India

Lāwǎxī

拉瓦锡

[拉瓦錫]

Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry

Lāhùzú

拉祜族

[拉祜族]

Lahu ethnic group of Yunnan

Bābālā

芭芭拉

[芭芭拉]

Barbara or Barbra (name)

Mǎlābó

马拉博

[馬拉博]

Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea

kǎlājiāo

卡拉胶

[卡拉膠]

carageenan (chemistry)

Lāfěi'ěr

拉斐尔

[拉斐爾]

Raphael

lājiāoqing

拉交情

[拉交情]

to try to form friendly ties with sb for one's own benefit
to suck up to sb

Pǔlādá

普拉达

[普拉達]

Prada (brand)

bùlājī

不拉叽

[不拉嘰]

(nasty, stupid etc) as can be

lāshēngyì

拉生意

[拉生意]

to tout
to solicit customers

mǎshālā

玛莎拉

[瑪莎拉]

(loanword) masala

Lāqí'ào

拉齐奥

[拉齊奧]

Lazio (region in Italy)

Sālāyǔ

撒拉语

[撒拉語]

Salar, language of Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province

Awéilā

阿维拉

[阿維拉]

Avila, Spain

Kǎlāqí

卡拉奇

[卡拉奇]

Karachi (Pakistan)

tuōlāsī

托拉斯

[托拉斯]

trust (commerce) (loanword)

tèsīlā

特斯拉

[特斯拉]

tesla (unit)

Tèlāhuá

特拉华

[特拉華]

Delaware, US state

Jílāní

吉拉尼

[吉拉尼]

Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani (1952-), Pakistan People's Party politician, prime minister 2008-2012

Alāmó

阿拉摩

[阿拉摩]

Alamo, city in United States

Lābātè

拉巴特

[拉巴特]

Rabat, capital of Morocco

Mósīlā

摩斯拉

[摩斯拉]

Mothra (Japanese モスラ Mosura), Japanese movie monster

lāgeshǒu

拉个手

[拉個手]

to hold hands

Lāgèsī

拉各斯

[拉各斯]

Lagos (Nigerian city)

Dégǔlā

德古拉

[德古拉]

Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker
Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), nicknamed Vlad the Impaler or Dracula

lālìsài

拉力赛

[拉力賽]

rally (car race) (loanword)

Wūlāguī

乌拉圭

[烏拉圭]

Uruguay

hālāzi

哈拉子

[哈拉子]

(dialect) saliva
also written 哈喇子 (hālázi)

Sāhālā

撒哈拉

[撒哈拉]

Sahara

Mǐkǎilā

米凯拉

[米凱拉]

Michaela (name)

Xīlākè

希拉克

[希拉克]

Jacques Chirac (1932-2019), president of France 1995-2007

Lā Nínà

拉尼娜

[拉尼娜]

La Niña, equatorial climatic variation over the Eastern Pacific, as opposed to El Niño 厄爾尼諾／厄尔尼诺

Alāsī

阿拉斯

[阿拉斯]

Arras, town in northern France

Lādīnghuà

拉丁化

[拉丁化]

romanization

Alāshàn

阿拉善

[阿拉善]

Alxa league, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia

tālar

趿拉儿

[趿拉兒]

heelless slipper; babouche

Adélā

阿得拉

[阿得拉]

Adderall (stimulant drug)

Lāzālù

拉匝禄

[拉匝祿]

Lazarus (Catholic transliteration)

Lādīngwǔ

拉丁舞

[拉丁舞]

Latin dance

Kùsīlā

酷斯拉

[酷斯拉]

Godzilla (Japanese ゴジラ Gojira)
see also 哥斯拉 ( Gēsīlā)

Wūlātè

乌拉特

[烏拉特]

Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾／巴彦淖尔 ( Bāyànnào'ěr), Inner Mongolia
also Urat Front, Center and Rear banners

lāguānxì

拉关系

[拉關係]

to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit
to suck up to sb

lāpítiáo

拉皮条

[拉皮條]

to procure
to act as pimp

Yībōlā

伊波拉

[伊波拉]

Ebola (virus)

Lāníyà

拉尼娅

[拉尼婭]

Rania (name)

Wéilā Gǎng

维拉港

[維拉港]

Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu

Sèlāsì

色拉寺

[色拉寺]

Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet

Hèlāsī

贺拉斯

[賀拉斯]

Horace, full Latin name Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BC), Roman poet

lāfēicǎo

拉菲草

[拉菲草]

raffia (loanword)

Fúlāmáng

弗拉芒

[弗拉芒]

Flemish, inhabitant of Flanders (Belgium)

Hālāléi

哈拉雷

[哈拉雷]

Harare, capital of Zimbabwe

Tánggǔlā

唐古拉

[唐古拉]

Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原 ( Qīng Zànggāoyuán)

Lānàliè

拉那烈

[拉那烈]

Prince Norodom Ranariddh (1944-), Cambodian politician and son of former King Sihanouk of Cambodia

Lāpàsī

拉帕斯

[拉帕斯]

La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia, usually written as 拉巴斯

Lāzīxiàn

拉孜县

[拉孜縣]

Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

Mǎlāwēi

马拉威

[馬拉威]

Malawi (Tw)

Sāngdélā

桑德拉

[桑德拉]

Sandra (name)

Lādīngyǔ

拉丁语

[拉丁語]

Latin (language)

Hǎilā'ěr

海拉尔

[海拉爾]

Hailar District of Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市／呼伦贝尔市 ( Hūlúnbèi'ěr Shì), Inner Mongolia

shìlāchā

是拉差

[是拉差]

sriracha (loanword)

Kǎměilā

卡美拉

[卡美拉]

Gamera (Japanese ガメラ Gamera), Japanese movie monster

Xīpōlā

西坡拉

[西坡拉]

Zipporah, wife of Moses

Dàlìlā

大利拉

[大利拉]

Delilah (person name)

gòngduōlā

贡多拉

[貢多拉]

gondola (Venetian boat) (loanword)

lāchǎngzi

拉场子

[拉場子]

(of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc)
(fig.) to enhance sb's reputation
to make a name for oneself

gāngduǒlā

刚朵拉

[剛朵拉]

see 貢多拉／贡多拉 (gòngduōlā)

Mǎnílā

马尼拉

[馬尼拉]

Manila, capital of Philippines

Mǎlājiā

马拉加

[馬拉加]

Málaga, Spain
Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan

Mòlāpí

默拉皮

[默拉皮]

Merapi (volcano on Java)

gòngdōulā

贡都拉

[貢都拉]

see 貢多拉／贡多拉 (gòngduōlā)

Lākuílā

拉奎拉

[拉奎拉]

L'Aquila, Italy

Xiāngbālā

香巴拉

[香巴拉]

Shambhala, mythical place (Buddhism, Hinduism)

hǔlièlā

虎列拉

[虎列拉]

cholera (loanword)

Kùlāsuǒ

库拉索

[庫拉索]

Curaçao

lāmǎoqiāng

拉铆枪

[拉鉚槍]

see 鉚釘槍／铆钉枪 (mǎodīngqiāng)

lābǎba

拉㞎㞎

[拉㞎㞎]

to poo-poo (kiddie talk)

Kèlākè

克拉克

[克拉克]

Clark or Clarke (name)

Sàlādīng

萨拉丁

[薩拉丁]

Saladin (c. 1138-1193)

sàlāmǐ

萨拉米

[薩拉米]

salami (loanword)

Lāpǔlán

拉普兰

[拉普蘭]

Lapland (northern Europe)

Gējílā

哥吉拉

[哥吉拉]

Godzilla (Tw)

mǎlāsōng

马拉松

[馬拉松]

marathon (loanword)

Lādīngwén

拉丁文

[拉丁文]

Latin (language)

Pǔlāyà

普拉亚

[普拉亞]

Praia, capital of Cape Verde

Gélācí

格拉茨

[格拉茨]

Graz (city in Austria)

lāgòur

拉勾儿

[拉勾兒]

to cross little fingers (between children) as a promise

làlàgǔ

拉拉蛄

[拉拉蛄]

mole cricket

Bāshìlā

巴士拉

[巴士拉]

Basra (city in Iraq)

Ankǎlā

安卡拉

[安卡拉]

Ankara, capital of Turkey

lāchángliǎn

拉长脸

[拉長臉]

to pull a long face
to scowl

Shālāyuè

砂拉越

[砂拉越]

see 沙撈越／沙捞越 ( Shālāoyuè)

Akèlā

阿克拉

[阿克拉]

Accra, capital of Ghana

Fǎlālì

法拉利

[法拉利]

Ferrari

Sālātiě

撒拉铁

[撒拉鐵]

Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)

Běn· Lādēng

本·拉登

[本·拉登]

Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda

Bùqióngbùlā

布琼布拉

[布瓊布拉]

Bujumbura, capital of Burundi

Lādīngzìmǔ

拉丁字母

[拉丁字母]

Latin alphabet

Hèlātèshěng

赫拉特省

[赫拉特省]

Herat province of Afghanistan

Kǎidílākè

凯迪拉克

[凱迪拉克]

Cadillac

Bùdálāgōng

布达拉宫

[布達拉宮]

Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet

Bāyánkālā

巴颜喀拉

[巴顏喀拉]

Bayankala mountain range in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, watershed of 黃河／黄河 ( Huáng Hé) Huang He river

Lābùlāduō

拉布拉多

[拉布拉多]

Labrador, Canada
Labrador (a breed of dog)

Yǐsīlā Jì

以斯拉记

[以斯拉記]

Book of Ezra

Kǎshāndélā

卡珊德拉

[卡珊德拉]

Cassandra (given name)
Cassandra (character in Greek mythology)

jīlīguālā

机哩瓜拉

[機哩瓜拉]

(Taiwan) see 嘰哩咕嚕／叽哩咕噜 (jīligūlū)

Bālābāsī

巴拉巴斯

[巴拉巴斯]

Barabbas (in the Biblical passion story)

Bùlāsàshì

布拉萨市

[布拉薩市]

Brazzaville, capital of Congo (Tw)

tóubāolādìng

头孢拉定

[頭孢拉定]

(pharm.) cefradine (aka cephradine)

Mǔlādíqí

姆拉迪奇

[姆拉迪奇]

Mladić (name)
Ratko Mladić (1942-), army chief of Bosnian Serbs 1965-1996 and convicted war criminal

Mùbālākè

穆巴拉克

[穆巴拉克]

Hosni Mubarak (1928-2020), former Egyptian President and military commander

Jīlāwéi'è

基拉韦厄

[基拉韋厄]

Kilauea, Hawaii, the world's most active volcano

Andélābāng

安得拉邦

[安得拉邦]

Andhra Pradesh or Andhra State in southeast India

Dálātèqí

达拉特旗

[達拉特旗]

Dalad banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯／鄂尔多斯 ( Eěrduōsī), Inner Mongolia

Sāhālāwēi

撒哈拉威

[撒哈拉威]

Sahrawi

Yàbólāhǎn

亚伯拉罕

[亞伯拉罕]

Abraham (name)
Abraham, father of Judaism and Islam in the Bible and Quran
same as Ibrahim 易卜拉辛

Alāmùtú

阿拉木图

[阿拉木圖]

Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan

lāshēnqiángdù

拉伸强度

[拉伸強度]

tensile strength

lājiādàikǒu

拉家带口

[拉家帶口]

to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
tied down by family obligations

ākǎbèilā

阿卡贝拉

[阿卡貝拉]

a cappella (loanword)

Wēidìmǎlā

危地马拉

[危地馬拉]

Guatemala
see also 瓜地馬拉／瓜地马拉 ( Guādìmǎlā)

bǐlāxītǎn

吡拉西坦

[吡拉西坦]

piracetam (loanword)
see 乙酰胺吡咯烷酮 (yǐxiān'ànbǐluòwántóng)

Aīdíkǎlā

埃迪卡拉

[埃迪卡拉]

Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era

Mèngjiālāwān

孟加拉湾

[孟加拉灣]

Bay of Bengal

Mùshālāfū

穆沙拉夫

[穆沙拉夫]

Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008

Méngtuōluólā

蒙托罗拉

[蒙托羅拉]

Motorola

Wěinèiruìlā

委内瑞拉

[委內瑞拉]

Venezuela

shēnglāyìngzhuài

生拉硬拽

[生拉硬拽]

to drag sb along against his will
to draw a forced analogy

Mòlāláisī

莫拉莱斯

[莫拉萊斯]

Morales

Abǔdùlā

阿卜杜拉

[阿卜杜拉]

Abdullah (name)

Alābórén

阿拉伯人

[阿拉伯人]

Arab
Arabian
Arabian people

Kǎlājìjī

卡拉季奇

[卡拉季奇]

Radovan Karadžić (1945-), former Bosnian Serb leader and war criminal

lālāchěchě

拉拉扯扯

[拉拉扯扯]

to tug at
to pull at sb aggressively
to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way
(derog.) to hobnob
to consort

mǎsūlǐlā

马苏里拉

[馬蘇里拉]

mozzarella (loanword)

Mèngjiālāyǔ

孟加拉语

[孟加拉語]

Bengali (language)

lākāixùmù

拉开序幕

[拉開序幕]

(fig.) to raise the curtain
to lift the curtain
to be a curtain raiser for

Yǎlāxuěshān

雅拉雪山

[雅拉雪山]

Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣／道孚县 ( Dàofúxiàn), Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

Kǎlākǎsī

卡拉卡斯

[卡拉卡斯]

Caracas, capital of Venezuela (Tw)

Pítèlākè

皮特拉克

[皮特拉克]

Petrarch
Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), Italian scholar and lyric poet, famous for sonnets

Lāmǐfūdìng

拉米夫定

[拉米夫定]

Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and widely used in the treatment of hepatitis B and AIDS
brand names include Zeffix, Heptovir, Epivir and Epivir-HBV

Gélāhànmǔ

格拉汉姆

[格拉漢姆]

Graham or Graeme (name)

lǐwéiyēlā

里维耶拉

[里維耶拉]

riviera (loanword) (Tw)

Tèlāwéifū

特拉维夫

[特拉維夫]

Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Alābó Hǎi

阿拉伯海

[阿拉伯海]

Arabian Sea

Mǎlājīshū

玛拉基书

[瑪拉基書]

Book of Malachi

Nánsīlāfū

南斯拉夫

[南斯拉夫]

Yugoslavia, 1943-1992

fǎntuōlāsī

反托拉斯

[反托拉斯]

antitrust (loanword)

Hǎilā'ěr Qū

海拉尔区

[海拉爾區]

Hailar District of Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市／呼伦贝尔市 ( Hūlúnbèi'ěr Shì), Inner Mongolia

Huòníyàlā

霍尼亚拉

[霍尼亞拉]

Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands

Mǎlākāshí

马拉喀什

[馬拉喀什]

Marrakech (city in Morocco)

wūwūzǔlā

呜呜祖拉

[嗚嗚祖拉]

vuvuzela (horn) (loanword)

Xī Sāhālā

西撒哈拉

[西撒哈拉]

Western Sahara

Sāhālārén

撒哈拉人

[撒哈拉人]

Sahrawi (person)

Bǐlātísī

彼拉提斯

[彼拉提斯]

Pilates (physical fitness system) (Tw)

Bùsōngbùlā

布松布拉

[布松布拉]

Bujumbura, capital of Burundi (Tw)

bànbànlālā

半半拉拉

[半半拉拉]

incomplete
unfinished

Lādīngwénzì

拉丁文字

[拉丁文字]

the alphabet
latin letters

Alā'ěrshì

阿拉尔市

[阿拉爾市]

Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang

Mǎshālādì

玛莎拉蒂

[瑪莎拉蒂]

Maserati

Lāfūluófū

拉夫罗夫

[拉夫羅夫]

Lavrov (name)
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004

Kèlākēfū

克拉科夫

[克拉科夫]

Krakow

Gǔjiélā'ěr

古杰拉尔

[古傑拉爾]

Gujral (name)
Inder Kumar Gujral (1919-2012), Indian Janata politician, prime minister 1997-1998

Tánggǔlā Shān

唐古拉山

[唐古拉山]

Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Sàlārèwō

萨拉热窝

[薩拉熱窩]

Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pǔlātísī

普拉提斯

[普拉提斯]

see 普拉提 ( Pǔlātí)

Lādīngfāngkuài

拉丁方块

[拉丁方塊]

Latin square (math. puzzle)

lābáibùtiáo

拉白布条

[拉白布條]

to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)

Hètú'ālā

赫图阿拉

[赫圖阿拉]

Hetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu

Lābǔléng Sì

拉卜楞寺

[拉卜楞寺]

Labrang Monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河縣／夏河县 ( Xiàhé Xiàn), Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet

dōnglāxīchě

东拉西扯

[東拉西扯]

to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently

shǒulāhúlu

手拉葫芦

[手拉葫蘆]

hand chain pulley block

Lā'ěrwéikè

拉尔维克

[拉爾維克]

Larvik (city in Vestfold, Norway)

Wūlā'ěrshān

乌拉尔山

[烏拉爾山]

the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia

liántuōdàilā

连拖带拉

[連拖帶拉]

pushing and pulling (idiom)

Tèlāhuá Hé

特拉华河

[特拉華河]

Delaware River, between Pennsylvania and Delaware state, USA

Gélāsīgē

格拉斯哥

[格拉斯哥]

Glasgow, Scotland

Tèlāhuázhōu

特拉华州

[特拉華州]

Delaware, US state

Guādìmǎlā

瓜地马拉

[瓜地馬拉]

Guatemala (Tw)

Alāsījiā

阿拉斯加

[阿拉斯加]

Alaska, US state

shēnglāhuóchě

生拉活扯

[生拉活扯]

to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)

Kǎlājīnà

卡拉奇那

[卡拉奇那]

Krajina (former Yugoslavia)

Mèngjiālāguó

孟加拉国

[孟加拉國]

Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)

Kèlāmǎyī

克拉玛依

[克拉瑪依]

Karamay prefecture-level city in Xinjiang

āyàtúlā

阿亚图拉

[阿亞圖拉]

ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam)

Mǎlājīyà

玛拉基亚

[瑪拉基亞]

Malachi

Aìdíkǎlā

艾迪卡拉

[艾迪卡拉]

Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
also written 埃迪卡拉 ( Aīdíkǎlā)

Tèlǐpǔlā

特里普拉

[特里普拉]

Tripura (Indian state)

Atèlāsī

阿特拉斯

[阿特拉斯]

Atlas (Titan in Greek mythology)
Atlas mountains of north Africa

dīli-dālā

滴里耷拉

[滴里耷拉]

hanging down loosely; dangling in disorder

Ashénlāwéi

阿什拉维

[阿什拉維]

surname Ashrawi
Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi (1946-), Palestinian scholar and political activist

Amǔhālā

阿姆哈拉

[阿姆哈拉]

Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia)
Amharic
Ethiopian

Dàhūlā'ěr

大呼拉尔

[大呼拉爾]

State Great Khural or Great State Assembly, Mongolian parliament

Adélā'ěr

阿得拉尔

[阿得拉爾]

Adderall (stimulant drug)

Kèjīlā Dǎo

克基拉岛

[克基拉島]

Corfu (Greek: Kerkira), island in the Ionian sea

Sàilālì'áng

塞拉利昂

[塞拉利昂]

Sierra Leone

Sīlāfūyǔ

斯拉夫语

[斯拉夫語]

Slavic language

Alāfǎtè

阿拉法特

[阿拉法特]

Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特／亚西尔·阿拉法特 ( Yàxī'ěr· Alāfǎtè)

Bólāmǔsī

勃拉姆斯

[勃拉姆斯]

Brahms (name)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German romantic composer

Mǎlādìyǔ

马拉地语

[馬拉地語]

Marathi language of west India

Lāmǎtè Gān

拉马特甘

[拉馬特甘]

Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University

Kǎsāngdélā

卡桑德拉

[卡桑德拉]

Cassandra (given name)
Cassandra (character in Greek mythology)

Fùlā'ěrjī

富拉尔基

[富拉爾基]

Fularji district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾／齐齐哈尔 ( Qíqíhā'ěr), Heilongjiang

kǎbōyēlā

卡波耶拉

[卡波耶拉]

capoeira (loanword)

xīxīlālā

稀稀拉拉

[稀稀拉拉]

sparse and fragmentary

Lāměixīsī

拉美西斯

[拉美西斯]

Rameses (name of pharaoh)

Mǎdélāsī

马德拉斯

[馬德拉斯]

Madras or Chennai 欽奈／钦奈 ( Qīnnài), capital of Tamil Nadu on East coast of India

Gǔjílātè

古吉拉特

[古吉拉特]

Gujarat, state in west India

Lāpǔlāsī

拉普拉斯

[拉普拉斯]

Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician

Sàlāgēsà

萨拉戈萨

[薩拉戈薩]

Zaragoza, Spain

Alābóyǔ

阿拉伯语

[阿拉伯語]

Arabic (language)

Wūpǔsàlā

乌普萨拉

[烏普薩拉]

Uppsala, Swedish university city just north of Stockholm

Héní'ālā

荷尼阿拉

[荷尼阿拉]

Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands (Tw)

mòzālǐlā

莫扎里拉

[莫扎里拉]

mozzarella (loanword)

Sūgélādǐ

苏格拉底

[蘇格拉底]

Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher
José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)

láolāxīpàn

劳拉西泮

[勞拉西泮]

lorazepam

Xīlāyǎzú

西拉雅族

[西拉雅族]

Siraya, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

Tuōlābólā

托拉博拉

[託拉博拉]

Torabora mountain area in east Afghanistan, famous for its caves

Lāwénkèláo

拉文克劳

[拉文克勞]

Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)

Xīlākùsà

锡拉库萨

[錫拉庫薩]

Syracuse, Sicily

Mǎlāduōnà

马拉多纳

[馬拉多納]

Diego Maradona (1960-), Argentine footballer

fúlāmínggē

弗拉明戈

[弗拉明戈]

flamenco (Tw) (loanword)

Dálánsàlā

达兰萨拉

[達蘭薩拉]

Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, north India, home of Tibetan government in exile

Mǎlākāibō

马拉开波

[馬拉開波]

Maracaibo, Venezuela

Hóngdūlāsī

宏都拉斯

[宏都拉斯]

Honduras (Tw)

Zhágélābù

札格拉布

[札格拉布]

Zagreb, capital of Croatia 克羅地亞／克罗地亚 ( Kèluódìyà)

Lāsà Tiáoyuē

拉萨条约

[拉薩條約]

Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet

Xǐmǎlāyǎ

喜马拉雅

[喜馬拉雅]

the Himalayas

Lādīng Měizhōu

拉丁美洲

[拉丁美洲]

Latin America

Tǎsīkēlā

塔斯科拉

[塔斯科拉]

Tuscola (county in Michigan)

Lāgélǎngrì

拉格朗日

[拉格朗日]

Lagrange (name)
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1735-1813), French mathematician and physicist

Xīnyìlāmǎ

新艺拉玛

[新藝拉瑪]

Cinerama

Alābāmǎ

阿拉巴马

[阿拉巴馬]

Alabama, US state

tílāmǐsū

提拉米苏

[提拉米蘇]

tiramisu (loanword)

lǐwéi'āilā

里维埃拉

[里維埃拉]

riviera (loanword)

Alāshàn Méng

阿拉善盟

[阿拉善盟]

Alxa League, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia

Bābùlāzú

巴布拉族

[巴布拉族]

Papora or Papura, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

Wūshítǎlā

乌什塔拉

[烏什塔拉]

Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 ( Bāyīnguōléng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

Kālā Hánguó

喀拉汗国

[喀拉汗國]

Karakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century

Kēluólāduō

科罗拉多

[科羅拉多]

Colorado

Sàlāmànkǎ

萨拉曼卡

[薩拉曼卡]

Salamanca, Spain

Guādálāmǎ

瓜达拉马

[瓜達拉馬]

Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)

lāshābìngdú

拉沙病毒

[拉沙病毒]

Lassa virus

Lātuōwéiyà

拉脱维亚

[拉脫維亞]

Latvia

lākètìchún

拉克替醇

[拉克替醇]

lactitol, a sugar alcohol

Kǎ'ěrbālā

卡尔巴拉

[卡爾巴拉]

Karbala (city in Iraq)

Asīmǎlā

阿斯马拉

[阿斯馬拉]

Asmara, capital of Eritrea

Fǎzīlǔlā

法兹鲁拉

[法茲魯拉]

Maulana Fazlullah, Pakistan Taleban leader

bālābālā

芭拉芭拉

[芭拉芭拉]

para para, a Eurobeat dance originating in Japan, with synchronized upper body movements (loanword from Japanese)

Gélānàdá

格拉纳达

[格拉納達]

Granada, Spain

Alātǎsī

阿拉塔斯

[阿拉塔斯]

surname Alatas
Ali Alatas (1932-2008), Indonesian foreign minister (1988-1999)

Alābójiāo

阿拉伯胶

[阿拉伯膠]

gum arabic
acacia gum

Níjiālāguā

尼加拉瓜

[尼加拉瓜]

Nicaragua

lājìnjùlí

拉近距离

[拉近距離]

to bring (people) closer together

Bùdálāshān

布达拉山

[布達拉山]

Mt Potala in Lhasa, with Potala Palace 布達拉宮／布达拉宫

Yìbǔlāxīn

易卜拉辛

[易卜拉辛]

Ibrahim (name)

Alābówén

阿拉伯文

[阿拉伯文]

Arabic (language & writing)

ālābótáng

阿拉伯糖

[阿拉伯糖]

arabinose (type of sugar)

mǎlāsōngsài

马拉松赛

[馬拉松賽]

marathon race

Hóngdūlāsī

洪都拉斯

[洪都拉斯]

Honduras

Sèlāyēfó

塞拉耶佛

[塞拉耶佛]

Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tw)

Gēsīlā'ěr

戈斯拉尔

[戈斯拉爾]

Goslar, Germany

lākāijiàshi

拉开架势

[拉開架勢]

to assume a fighting stance
(fig.) to take the offensive

Mótuōluólā

摩托罗拉

[摩托羅拉]

Motorola

Tǎlāhāxī

塔拉哈西

[塔拉哈西]

Tallahassee, capital of Florida

Kēdílèlā

科迪勒拉

[科迪勒拉]

Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian Islands

Lāsīmùsēn

拉斯穆森

[拉斯穆森]

Rasmussen (name)

Bùlāsuǒfū

布拉索夫

[布拉索夫]

Braşov, Romania

Jiǎnándélā

贾南德拉

[賈南德拉]

Gyanendra of Nepal

Tǎlāsī Hé

塔拉斯河

[塔拉斯河]

Talas River, originating in Kyrgyzstan and flowing west into Kazakhstan

Jiālājiāsī

加拉加斯

[加拉加斯]

Caracas, capital of Venezuela

dīlāmǐsū

堤拉米苏

[堤拉米蘇]

tiramisu (loanword)

Shālābōwá

莎拉波娃

[莎拉波娃]

Sharapova (Russian female tennis star)

Alāmǐyǔ

阿拉米语

[阿拉米語]

Aramaic (language)

Jiālātàishū

加拉太书

[加拉太書]

Epistle of St Paul to the Galatians

fúlāméngē

弗拉门戈

[弗拉門戈]

flamenco (loanword)

Yàlābāmǎ

亚拉巴马

[亞拉巴馬]

Alabama, US state

Sūlāwēixī

苏拉威西

[蘇拉威西]

Sulawesi or Celebes (Indonesian Island)

Nièlāmùxiàn

聂拉木县

[聶拉木縣]

Nyalam county, Tibetan: Gnya' lam rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

Kālākātuō

喀拉喀托

[喀拉喀托]

Krakatoa island and volcano in the Sunda Strait

Lāmǔ'ānlā

拉姆安拉

[拉姆安拉]

Ramallah

wēngwēngzǔlā

嗡嗡祖拉

[嗡嗡祖拉]

vuvuzela (horn blown by sports fans)

Kālālābāng

喀拉拉邦

[喀拉拉邦]

Kerala (state in India)

tuōtuōlālā

拖拖拉拉

[拖拖拉拉]

to procrastinate

Xiānggélǐlā

香格里拉

[香格里拉]

Shangri-La (mythical location)
Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州／迪庆藏族自治州 ( Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu), northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸 ( Zhōngdiàn) in Tibetan province of Kham

Kǎlābǐlā

卡拉比拉

[卡拉比拉]

Karabilah (Iraqi city)

Qiè Géwǎlā

切格瓦拉

[切格瓦拉]

Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967), Cuban Revolution leader

Dàogélāsī

道格拉斯

[道格拉斯]

Douglas (name)

Ankèlāzhì

安克拉治

[安克拉治]

Anchorage (Alaska)

lāhòugōur

拉后钩儿

[拉後鉤兒]

(dialect) to leave unfinished business

Yǎlāshénshān

雅拉神山

[雅拉神山]

Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣／道孚县 ( Dàofúxiàn), Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

Shālā· Pèilín

莎拉·佩林

[莎拉·佩林]

Sarah Palin (1964-), US Republican politician, State governor of Alaska from 2006

Yuēhàn· Lābèi

约翰·拉贝

[約翰·拉貝]

John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period

Shātè Alābó

沙特阿拉伯

[沙特阿拉伯]

Saudi Arabia

Kèlāmǎyī Shì

克拉玛依市

[克拉瑪依市]

Karamay prefecture-level city in Xinjiang

Sāhālāyǐnán

撒哈拉以南

[撒哈拉以南]

sub-Saharan

chīhēlāsāshuì

吃喝拉撒睡

[吃喝拉撒睡]

to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
(fig.) the ordinary daily routine

Alābó Bàndǎo

阿拉伯半岛

[阿拉伯半島]

Arabian Peninsula

yuán Nánsīlāfū

原南斯拉夫

[原南斯拉夫]

former Yugoslavia (1945-1992)

Mǎnílā Dàxué

马尼拉大学

[馬尼拉大學]

University of Manila

Fēicíjiélādé

菲茨杰拉德

[菲茨傑拉德]

Fitzgerald (name)

pānduōlāmóhé

潘多拉魔盒

[潘多拉魔盒]

a Pandora's box

Lā Kēlǔníyà

拉科鲁尼亚

[拉科魯尼亞]

La Coruña or A Coruña (city in Galicia, Spain)

Délākèluówǎ

德拉克罗瓦

[德拉克羅瓦]

Delacroix (painter)

Bólā Bólā Dǎo

博拉博拉岛

[博拉博拉島]

Bora Bora, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia

Běi Bùlābāntè

北布拉班特

[北布拉班特]

Noord Brabant, Netherlands

Tèlāfǎ'ěrjiā

特拉法尔加

[特拉法爾加]

Trafalgar

Tǎkèlāmǎgān

塔克拉马干

[塔克拉馬干]

Taklamakan (desert)

Xībōkèlādǐ

希波克拉底

[希波克拉底]

Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine

Fǎshìsèlājiàng

法式色拉酱

[法式色拉醬]

French dressing
vinaigrette

lǎoniúlāpòchē

老牛拉破车

[老牛拉破車]

see 老牛破車／老牛破车 (lǎoniúpòchē)

Jiālābāgēsī

加拉巴哥斯

[加拉巴哥斯]

Galapagos

Kèlāfūqiūkè

克拉夫丘克

[克拉夫丘克]

Leonid Kravchuk (1934-), first post-communist president of Ukraine 1991-1994

Dàolājílǐ Fēng

道拉吉里峰

[道拉吉里峰]

Dhaulagiri, mountain massif in the Himalayas

Wūlātècǎoyuán

乌拉特草原

[烏拉特草原]

Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾／巴彦淖尔 ( Bāyànnào'ěr), Inner Mongolia

Nàlādīcǎoyuán

那拉提草原

[那拉提草原]

Nalat grasslands

Méngtèsāilātè

蒙特塞拉特

[蒙特塞拉特]

Montserrat

Bólātúzhéxué

柏拉图哲学

[柏拉圖哲學]

Platonism

Nǎiduīlāshānkǒu

乃堆拉山口

[乃堆拉山口]

Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)

Wūlātèhòuqí

乌拉特后旗

[烏拉特後旗]

Urat Rear banner or Urdyn Xoit khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾／巴彦淖尔 ( Bāyànnào'ěr), Inner Mongolia

Gǔjílātèbāng

古吉拉特邦

[古吉拉特邦]

Gujarat, state in west India

Sāhālā Shāmò

撒哈拉沙漠

[撒哈拉沙漠]

Sahara Desert

Bùlādéfúdé

布拉德福德

[布拉德福德]

Bradford, city in West Yorkshire, England

Alāshàn Zuǒqí

阿拉善左旗

[阿拉善左旗]

Alxa Left Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Züün khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟 ( Alāshàn Méng), Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)

Alāshàn Yòuqí

阿拉善右旗

[阿拉善右旗]

Alxa Right Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟 ( Alāshàn Méng), Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)

Bālāmǎlìbō

巴拉马利波

[巴拉馬利波]

Paramaribo, capital of Suriname (Tw)

Lāfūbǎo Dàxué

拉夫堡大学

[拉夫堡大學]

Loughborough University

Xī Mèngjiālābāng

西孟加拉邦

[西孟加拉邦]

West Bengal

fēi Lādīngzìfú

非拉丁字符

[非拉丁字符]

non-Latin characters

Bānquè Bǐlāduō

般雀比拉多

[般雀比拉多]

Pontius Pilate (in the Biblical passion story)

Pàlāsè'ěrshì

帕拉塞尔士

[帕拉塞爾士]

Paracelsius (Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Swiss alchemist and prominent early European scientist

Gǔjiélātèbāng

古杰拉特邦

[古傑拉特邦]

Gujarat, Indian state

Wūshítǎlāxiāng

乌什塔拉乡

[烏什塔拉鄉]

Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 ( Bāyīnguōléng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

Nèibùlāsījiā

内布拉斯加

[內布拉斯加]

Nebraska, US state

Aěrkǎntǎlā

阿尔坎塔拉

[阿爾坎塔拉]

Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Alcantara, Brazil space launch site

Gèlādāndōng Shān

各拉丹冬山

[各拉丹冬山]

Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈／唐古拉山脉 ( Tánggǔlā Shānmài)

Guādálāmǎshān

瓜达拉马山

[瓜達拉馬山]

Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)

Alābóhuíxiāng

阿拉伯茴香

[阿拉伯茴香]

see 孜然 (zīrán), cumin

Wūlā'ěr Shānmài

乌拉尔山脉

[烏拉爾山脈]

Ural Mountains

Fúlājīmǐ'ěr

弗拉基米尔

[弗拉基米爾]

Vladimir

Bālājīlièfū

巴拉基列夫

[巴拉基列夫]

M.A. Balakirev, Russian composer

Abālāqìyà

阿巴拉契亚

[阿巴拉契亞]

Appalachian Mountains in North America

Kālākūnlúnshān

喀拉昆仑山

[喀拉崑崙山]

Karakorum mountains

Aòkèlāhémǎ

奥克拉荷马

[奧克拉荷馬]

Oklahoma, US state (Tw)

Líndébùlādé

林德布拉德

[林德布拉德]

Lindeblatt (name)

Alābāmǎzhōu

阿拉巴马州

[阿拉巴馬州]

Alabama, US state

Fùlā'ěrjīqū

富拉尔基区

[富拉爾基區]

Fularji district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾／齐齐哈尔 ( Qíqíhā'ěr), Heilongjiang

Alāsījiāzhōu

阿拉斯加州

[阿拉斯加州]

Alaska, US state

Mǎ'ěrmǎlā Hǎi

马尔马拉海

[馬爾馬拉海]

Sea of Marmara

Bùlācháiwéi'ěr

布拉柴维尔

[布拉柴維爾]

Brazzaville, capital of Congo

Gèlādāndōng Fēng

各拉丹冬峰

[各拉丹冬峰]

Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈／唐古拉山脉 ( Tánggǔlā Shānmài)

Lāshíkǎ'ěr Jiā

拉什卡尔加

[拉什卡爾加]

Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan

Kèlāsījīnnuò

克拉斯金诺

[克拉斯金諾]

Kraskino town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, close to the North Korean border

Sītèlāsībǎo

斯特拉斯堡

[斯特拉斯堡]

Strasbourg

Bìdágēlāsī

毕达哥拉斯

[畢達哥拉斯]

Pythagoras

Lāfūsāngjiǎní

拉夫桑贾尼

[拉夫桑賈尼]

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Sàkèlāméntuō

萨克拉门托

[薩克拉門托]

Sacramento

Alāgān Shānmài

阿拉干山脉

[阿拉干山脈]

Arakan Mountains (aka Rakhine Mountains), mountain range in western Myanmar

Kālāhán Wángcháo

喀拉汗王朝

[喀拉汗王朝]

Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century

Kèlāmǎyī Qū

克拉玛依区

[克拉瑪依區]

Karamay District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市／克拉玛依市 ( Kèlāmǎyī Shì), Xinjiang

Níjiālā Pùbù

尼加拉瀑布

[尼加拉瀑布]

Niagara Falls (Tw)

Pàilāméng Yǐngyè

派拉蒙影业

[派拉蒙影業]

Paramount Pictures (US movie company)

tǔlāfúshìjūn

土拉弗氏菌

[土拉弗氏菌]

Francisella tularensis

Yòufālādǐ Hé

幼发拉底河

[幼發拉底河]

Euphrates River

Měilāníxīyà

美拉尼西亚

[美拉尼西亞]

Melanesia

Hèlākèlìtè

赫拉克利特

[赫拉克利特]

Heraclitus (535-475 BC), pre-Socratic philosopher

démókèlāxī

德谟克拉西

[德謨克拉西]

democracy (loanword) (old)

Aībólābìngdú

埃博拉病毒

[埃博拉病毒]

Ebola virus

Alāfúlā Hǎi

阿拉弗拉海

[阿拉弗拉海]

Arafura Sea

Hāmǎhēilā Dǎo

哈马黑拉岛

[哈馬黑拉島]

Halmahera, an island of Indonesia

Kēluólāduōzhōu

科罗拉多州

[科羅拉多州]

Colorado

Bōměilāníyà

波美拉尼亚

[波美拉尼亞]

Pomerania, a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea

Sītèlātèfú

斯特拉特福

[斯特拉特福]

Stratford (place name)
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK city in Warwickshire and birthplace of William Shakespeare 莎士比亞／莎士比亚 ( Shāshìbǐyà)

Xīshǔ Sāhālā

西属撒哈拉

[西屬撒哈拉]

Spanish Sahara (former Spanish colony in Africa)

Tánggǔlā Shānmài

唐古拉山脉

[唐古拉山脈]

Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

qíbózilāshǐ

骑脖子拉屎

[騎脖子拉屎]

lit. to take a dump while riding on sb's shoulders (idiom)
fig. to treat sb like garbage

Wūlātèqiánqí

乌拉特前旗

[烏拉特前旗]

Urat Front banner or Urdyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾／巴彦淖尔 ( Bāyànnào'ěr), Inner Mongolia

Lājiǎsītǎnbāng

拉贾斯坦邦

[拉賈斯坦邦]

Rajasthan (state in India)

Kǎlāmǔchāngdé

卡拉姆昌德

[卡拉姆昌德]

Karamchand (name)

Mǎdélā Qúndǎo

马德拉群岛

[馬德拉群島]

Madeira
the Madeira Islands

shālāshuǎigānqì

沙拉甩干器

[沙拉甩乾器]

salad spinner

Wēidìmǎlārén

危地马拉人

[危地馬拉人]

Guatemalan (person)

Lāshímò'ěr Shān

拉什莫尔山

[拉什莫爾山]

Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota

Guālā Dīngjiānú

瓜拉丁加奴

[瓜拉丁加奴]

Kuala Terengganu, capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia

Lāsī Wéijiāsī

拉斯维加斯

[拉斯維加斯]

Las Vegas, Nevada

Ekèlāhémǎ

俄克拉何马

[俄克拉何馬]

Oklahoma, US state

Kèlóubātèlā

克娄巴特拉

[克婁巴特拉]

Cleopatra (name)
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69-30 BC), the last Egyptian pharaoh

Sàlāsēn Dìguó

萨拉森帝国

[薩拉森帝國]

Saracen Empire (medieval European name for Arab empire)

Cíwànjílāyī

茨万吉拉伊

[茨萬吉拉伊]

Morgan Tsvangirai (1952-2018), Zimbabwean politician

Aīdíkǎlājì

埃迪卡拉纪

[埃迪卡拉紀]

Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era

Pàlāmǎlǐbó

帕拉马里博

[帕拉馬里博]

Paramaribo, capital of Suriname

Fàndégélāfū

范德格拉夫

[范德格拉夫]

Van de Graaff (name)
Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist

Wūlātèzhōngqí

乌拉特中旗

[烏拉特中旗]

Urat Center banner or Urdyn Dund khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾／巴彦淖尔 ( Bāyànnào'ěr), Inner Mongolia

Bìxītèlātú

庇西特拉图

[庇西特拉圖]

Pisistratus (-528 BC), tyrant (ruler) of Athens at different times between 561 BC and 528 BC

Xǐmǎlāyǎshān

喜马拉雅山

[喜馬拉雅山]

Himalayas

Xiānggélǐlā Xiàn

香格里拉县

[香格里拉縣]

Shangri-La County in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州／迪庆藏族自治州 ( Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu), northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸 ( Zhōngdiàn) in Tibetan province of Kham

Guādálāhālā

瓜达拉哈拉

[瓜達拉哈拉]

Guadalajara

Kǎlābùlǐyà

卡拉布里亚

[卡拉布里亞]

Calabria, southernmost Italian province

mālāgebāzi

妈拉个巴子

[媽拉個巴子]

fuck!
motherfucker!
fucking

Hālā'ěr Wǔshì

哈拉尔五世

[哈拉爾五世]

Harald V of Norway

Alābóshùzì

阿拉伯数字

[阿拉伯數字]

Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Bōlā Bōlā Dǎo

波拉波拉岛

[波拉波拉島]

Bora Bora, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia

Yàlābāmǎzhōu

亚拉巴马州

[亞拉巴馬州]

Alabama, US state

Shālā· Bùláimàn

莎拉·布莱曼

[莎拉·布萊曼]

Sarah Brightman (1960-), English pop star

Bùlādé· Bǐtè

布拉德·彼特

[布拉德·彼特]

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (1963-), US actor and film producer

Kālākātuōhuǒshān

喀拉喀托火山

[喀拉喀托火山]

Krakatoa (volcanic island in Indonesia)

Shāwūdì Alābó

沙乌地阿拉伯

[沙烏地阿拉伯]

Saudi Arabia (Tw)

xīn Bólātúzhǔyì

新柏拉图主义

[新柏拉圖主義]

neo-Platonism (philosophical system combining Platonism with mysticism)

Xǐmǎlāyǎshānmài

喜马拉雅山脉

[喜馬拉雅山脈]

Himalayas

Lāmǔsīfēi'ěrdé

拉姆斯菲尔德

[拉姆斯菲爾德]

Donald Rumsfeld (1932-), former US Secretary of Defense

lādàqízuòhǔpí

拉大旗作虎皮

[拉大旗作虎皮]

lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
fig. to borrow sb's prestige
to take the name of a great cause as a shield

Alāsījiā Dàxué

阿拉斯加大学

[阿拉斯加大學]

University of Alaska

Aòkèlāhémǎ Zhōu

奥克拉荷马州

[奧克拉荷馬州]

Oklahoma, US state (Tw)

Aīlātuōsènísī

埃拉托塞尼斯

[埃拉托塞尼斯]

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276-c. 195 BC), ancient Greek mathematician and inventor

Kèlāsīnuòdá'ěr

克拉斯诺达尔

[克拉斯諾達爾]

Krasnodar (city in Russia)

Yīsīpàní'àolā

伊斯帕尼奥拉

[伊斯帕尼奧拉]

Hispaniola (Caribbean island including Haiti and the Dominican Republic)

Lāzīmòfūsījī

拉兹莫夫斯基

[拉茲莫夫斯基]

Razumovsky (name)
Prince Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian diplomat

Kǎnàwéilā'ěrjiǎo

卡纳维拉尔角

[卡納維拉爾角]

Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心 ( Kěnnídí Hángtiān Zhōngxīn)

Lāsīpà'ěrmǎsī

拉斯帕尔马斯

[拉斯帕爾馬斯]

Las Palmas, Spain

Nèibùlāsījiāzhōu

内布拉斯加州

[內布拉斯加州]

Nebraska, US state

Wéi'ěrsītèlāsī

维尔斯特拉斯

[維爾斯特拉斯]

Karl Weierstrass (1815-1897), German mathematician

Níyàjiālā Pùbù

尼亚加拉瀑布

[尼亞加拉瀑布]

Niagara Falls

Yǎlā Xiāngbōshénshān

雅拉香波神山

[雅拉香波神山]

Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣／道孚县 ( Dàofúxiàn), Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

Bùlātísīlāwǎ

布拉提斯拉瓦

[布拉提斯拉瓦]

Bratislava, capital of Slovakia (Tw)

Kèlì'àopèitèlā

克莉奥佩特拉

[克莉奧佩特拉]

Cleopatra (c. 70-30 BC), queen of Egypt

Bùlādísīlāfā

布拉迪斯拉发

[布拉迪斯拉發]

Bratislava

Shātè Alābórén

沙特阿拉伯人

[沙特阿拉伯人]

a Saudi
Saudi Arabian person

Yǎlā Xiāngbōxuěshān

雅拉香波雪山

[雅拉香波雪山]

Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣／道孚县 ( Dàofúxiàn), Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

Ekèlāhémǎchéng

俄克拉何马城

[俄克拉何馬城]

Oklahoma City

Bólādìsīlāwǎ

伯拉第斯拉瓦

[伯拉第斯拉瓦]

Bratislava, capital of Slovakia

Lāhèmànnínuòfū

拉赫曼尼诺夫

[拉赫曼尼諾夫]

Rachmaninoff or Rachmaninov (name)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian composer and pianist

Kǎlāshíníkēfū

卡拉什尼科夫

[卡拉什尼科夫]

Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)

Kēdílèlāshānxì

科迪勒拉山系

[科迪勒拉山系]

Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands

Tèlāfǎjiā Guǎngchǎng

特拉法加广场

[特拉法加廣場]

Trafalgar Square (London)

Ekèlāhémǎzhōu

俄克拉何马州

[俄克拉何馬州]

Oklahoma, US state

Dálèisī Sàlāmǔ

达累斯萨拉姆

[達累斯薩拉姆]

Dar es Salaam (former capital of Tanzania)

Fèilādé'ěrfēiyà

费拉德尔菲亚

[費拉德爾菲亞]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
abbr. to 費城／费城 ( Fèichéng)

Aìdéhuá· Dálādì

爱德华·达拉第

[愛德華·達拉第]

Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), French politician

Zhūlìyǎ· Jílādé

茱莉雅·吉拉德

[茱莉雅·吉拉德]

Julia Gillard (1961-), Australian politician, prime minister 2010-2013

Xīlālǐ· Kèlíndùn

希拉里·克林顿

[希拉里·克林頓]

Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician

Alābó Diànxìn Liánméng

阿拉伯电信联盟

[阿拉伯電信聯盟]

Arab Telecommunication Union

Jiālāpàgēsī Qúndǎo

加拉帕戈斯群岛

[加拉帕戈斯群島]

Galapagos Islands

Jiālābāgēsī Qúndǎo

加拉巴哥斯群岛

[加拉巴哥斯群島]

Galapagos Islands

Ménxīnggélādébāhè

门兴格拉德巴赫

[門興格拉德巴赫]

Mönchengladbach (city in Germany)

Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò

塔克拉玛干沙漠

[塔克拉瑪干沙漠]

Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang

Suǒduōmǎyǔ Emólā

所多玛与蛾摩拉

[所多瑪與蛾摩拉]

Sodom and Gomorrah

Tèlāfǎ'ěrjiāguǎngchǎng

特拉法尔加广场

[特拉法爾加廣場]

Trafalgar Square (London)

Kǎlāmǎzuǒfū Xiōngdì

卡拉马佐夫兄弟

[卡拉馬佐夫兄弟]

Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基 ( Tuósītuǒyēfūsījī)

Alābó Guójiā Liánméng

阿拉伯国家联盟

[阿拉伯國家聯盟]

Arab League, regional organization of Arab states in Southwest Asia, and North and Northeast Africa, officially called the League of Arab States

Bùlāgēwéishēnsīkè

布拉戈维申斯克

[布拉戈維申斯克]

Blagoveshchensk, Russian city on the border with China, administrative center of Amur Oblast 阿穆爾州／阿穆尔州 ( Amù'ěr Zhōu)

Mǎhālāshītèlābāng

马哈拉施特拉邦

[馬哈拉施特拉邦]

Maharashtra (state in India)

Fúlādíwòsītuōkè

符拉迪沃斯托克

[符拉迪沃斯托克]

Vladivostok (Russian port city) (Chinese name: 海參崴／海参崴 ( Hǎishēnwǎi))

Sāhālāyǐnán Fēizhōu

撒哈拉以南非洲

[撒哈拉以南非洲]

sub-Saharan Africa

Sīpǔlātèlì Qúndǎo

斯普拉特利群岛

[斯普拉特利群島]

Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
same as 南沙群島／南沙群岛 ( Nānshā Qúndǎo)

Alābó Gòngtóng Shìchǎng

阿拉伯共同市场

[阿拉伯共同市場]

Arab Common Market

Kēluólāduōdàxiágǔ

科罗拉多大峡谷

[科羅拉多大峽谷]

the Grand Canyon (Colorado)

zhànzhemáokēngbùlāshǐ

占着茅坑不拉屎

[占著茅坑不拉屎]

lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
fig. to be a dog in the manger

Kùmùtǔlāqiānfódòng

库木吐拉千佛洞

[庫木吐拉千佛洞]

Kumutula thousand-Buddha grotto in Kuqa, Xinjiang

Wūshítǎlā Huízúxiāng

乌什塔拉回族乡

[烏什塔拉回族鄉]

Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 ( Bāyīnguōléng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

Alāsījiāxuěqiāoquǎn

阿拉斯加雪橇犬

[阿拉斯加雪橇犬]

Alaskan malamute

Yàxī'ěr· Alāfǎtè

亚西尔·阿拉法特

[亞西爾·阿拉法特]

Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat

Alābó Liánhé Dàgōngguó

阿拉伯联合大公国

[阿拉伯聯合大公國]

United Arab Emirates (Tw)

Xúnhuà Sǎlāzú Zìzhìxiàn

循化撒拉族自治县

[循化撒拉族自治縣]

Xunhua Salazu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區／海东地区 ( Hǎidōngdìqū), Qinghai

Mèngjiālā Rénmín Gònghéguó

孟加拉人民共和国

[孟加拉人民共和國]

People's Republic of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)

Niǔfēnlányǔ Lābùlāduō

纽芬兰与拉布拉多

[紐芬蘭與拉布拉多]

Newfoundland and Labrador, province of Canada

Láncāng Lāhùzú Zìzhìxiàn

澜沧拉祜族自治县

[瀾滄拉祜族自治縣]

Lancang Lahuzu Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱 ( Pǔ'ěr), Yunnan

lābùchūshǐláiyuànmáofáng

拉不出屎来怨茅房

[拉不出屎來怨茅房]

lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom)
fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings

Alābó Liánhé Qiúzhǎngguó

阿拉伯联合酋长国

[阿拉伯聯合酋長國]

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Kèlāsīnuòyà'ěrsīkè

克拉斯诺亚尔斯克

[克拉斯諾亞爾斯克]

Krasnoyarsk

Fàndégélāfūqǐdiànjī

范德格拉夫起电机

[范德格拉夫起電機]

Van de Graaff generator

Gálā· Duōjié· Rénbōqiè

噶拉·多杰·仁波切

[噶拉·多傑·仁波切]

Garab Dorje Rinpoche, succession of Buthanese religious leaders

Dàogélāsī· Màikè'āsè

道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟

[道格拉斯·麥克阿瑟]

General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war

niǎobùlāshǐ,jībùshēngdàn

鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋

[鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋]